The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-31
KILLING DEER IN THE PARK.
A PACK OF OURS HAVE A MERRY TIME
ALL By THEMSELVES.
One Buck Found Dead aud Doe Leaps
Through tho High Fence The Others
Take Go the Water and Swim, About.


One Buck Found Dead aud n Doe Leaps
Through tho High Fence The Others
Take 60 the Water and Swim, About.
Sixteen years ago q score OF deer were
taken to Prospect Park and put In an enclosure
near the south side. A shelter was built for
them for cold and stormy weather. n pond OF
considerable size was dug in the middle OF tho
en-, losure and an experienced keeper named
Michael Konnir put In charge. kennifr still
is keeper OF tho deer paddock, but his
charge has dwindled down to five. which
was the number OF deer in the park on
Saturday night. Now there arc only three.
None OF the five were OF the original number.
Those In the Park on Saturday were born and
bred there. There have been several genera
lions since the original importation from the
West. OF tho FIVE two were bucks and three
does. They were very gentle, and much loved
by Kenniff and the children. who visited and
fondled them on pleasant afternoons. The
fence enclosing tho paddock consists OF up
right iron bars eight or ten inches
apart. 1t is twelve feet high. Wire netting
four or Ave feet high reached up from the base,
and prevented tho smaller deer and the fancy
water fowl, which shared the enclosure. from
getting out, and dogs from getting In. This
ARRANGEMENT has all these years proved effect
i've, and the deer have decreased in number
simply from natural causes. new cause was
introduced yesterday morning. however. AS
its result buck is dead and a doe is wander
ing somewhere around Long Island.
Park Policeman David Maxwell was assigned
to the post near the deer paddock yesterday
morning. He reached his post about o'clock.
A chorus OF canine yelpipgs and bsyings was
sem asa dogs 10 on roIic. When the noise
ansr s of Ren onder but neVs
ceasing for moment, he went to investigate 1t.
of sp5 f M AND
looked through. He saw several dogs inside
bshnd sc% Of on dead
Sepinss had n grown fainter But on His left he
msa.d with hs
spashing of water. He made his way through
the bush and saw the artificial pond before
A large white dog. that looked, like both
hound and setter. was dashing franticslly
folloWns ' h in' Both tn we're barking. Three
deer were in the pond swimming with vigorous
ges Rs ha aS w
their eyes bright. with terror. and their tongues
hhns s IF Saad 2 pom Side ono SIDE u Els
Little Waves wsre backed up before their
the water rolled buck in ripples Suddenly the
buck who was in adyh an stopped Ms feet
BtTuCk tuo uOlJOIu unu ue Tdlbou ulLlsol oTocL
from the water. The two does stopped, too.
Tho big white dog. with his little companion.
bsn rhs Bic doE ran 70 ES
The deer hesitated. Then throwing back
toward tho other side Of the pond The dog
dipped his foot in the water. II was cold; He
Supple made rropnd the edge to met the deer
upon the other side.
. Re ds
Il nondescript sor, were in the water chasing
s fowl the ducks G0 ID rs snd
With the dogs G IN hot pars %hen they yd dogs
game too close they beat the water with their
Tho dogs were having a fine time. Once in a
Thile they would get r close enough to nip
Tsey
They were no match for the fleet swimmers
but they still further increased the deers tor
The dogs On the bank. meantime, seeing tho
their tracks to meet this new departure, The
deer rolled their eyes and tossed their heads
Beore Re had mes to tate
single step toward the rescue, he was diverted
R bs ana lad s 81 fSs
opposite side Of the enclosure were coming his
way. He heard their yelps. He turned and
ga doe. the smallest Of all tho deer, was
toward him Her body %sf
IOuCnlHB INC sFOuHu, WHICH HoT lWlnklllG I6et
never seemed to touch. Her neck was arched
backward, her head was thrown upward, her
nss to
run across the meadow. Her leaps were long
Behind her. with heads close to the ground
ears thrown bacS and teeth cleaning, followed
two black dogs, They were no match for their
disappointed. The policeman stood rooted to
the SPOT The doe passed him Ike the wind
n
d hs m WIZ asyo hand an ns s
With h ring q white about his neck The dog
stumbled. The policeman fired again. The
startled ali the other dogs. When the police;
bis companion had disappeared and the two DIN in
the water were dragging themselves up the
the deer were nearly exhausted. When they
20 the shore. and stood painting. with lowered
The policeman went to look for the dogs. He
did moi find them, but he foand something else.
81 & sd Re Sea &
tongue hung limp from his opened mouth, and
the soft brown eyes that used TO LOOK so kindly
1iis ears were mangled and the short. furry
on the body. He had probably been tired out
with a chase that may have lasted hours, and
HUI D6en puileu 10 lHe STOuEu ny his odrS'anu
tail. He may have died of fright.
The policemen found no opening In the
fence. The dogs must have got in BY lsaping
over the lower iron netting and strungling be-
tween the wider bars above. Nobody saw them
20 out.
Policeman Boyle had now appeared upon TIN,
looked carefully about the paddock The dead
buck lay by the FENCE. Thethree wet deer were
chased by the dogs was not to be found.
Later Boyle saw the doe in the park bound
caught late last night. Advertisements have
Offering a reward for her. She was Small small
enough to have crowded through the bars in
done II she had leaped over the netting.
"A dog answering the description given by
the policemen OF the largo white dog In the
paddock, is known to belong to an iceman
named Woods living In Bedford avenue. This
dog has been seen in the park before.
ROBBED At HIS OWN Door.
"A Drug Clerks Experience with Footpads
In Ninth Street, Near broadway.